Utopia of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[Ocean Boy]

6 hours ago, Fairsky84 said:

Good question. Liquified Natural Gas is basically methane that can only be safely transported as a liquid which requires the gas to be cooled -260 degrees F. At that temperature, LNG cannot burn or explode. Those huge tanks are refrigerated and insulated to keep the LNG in liquid form. However, if the system fails and the temperature rises, the LNG will quickly boil into a gas. This is extremely dangerous as the pressure build-up from the rapidly expanding gas will cause a massive explosion that would destroy the entire ship (not an exaggeration). 

Therefore, as a safety precaution, LNG powered ships have an emergency vent that allows the gas from the tanks to be quickly released to avoid an explosion. This is the smaller "exhaust funnel" directly above the tanks in the center of the ship. It's not actually for engine exhaust, but for "boil over gas" and only needed in an emergency. 

BTW, a lot has been written about the dangers of transporting LNG with some cities even banning LNG ships from their harbors. An accident on an LNG tanker could level a good portion of a city. You can read more here. 

Well, that is enough to make me appreciate a little soot falling onto the decks.😯😇

[fsjosh]

12 hours ago, Fairsky84 said:

Good question. Liquified Natural Gas is basically methane that can only be safely transported as a liquid which requires the gas to be cooled -260 degrees F. At that temperature, LNG cannot burn or explode. Those huge tanks are refrigerated and insulated to keep the LNG in liquid form. However, if the system fails and the temperature rises, the LNG will quickly boil into a gas. This is extremely dangerous as the pressure build-up from the rapidly expanding gas will cause a massive explosion that would destroy the entire ship (not an exaggeration). 

Therefore, as a safety precaution, LNG powered ships have an emergency vent that allows the gas from the tanks to be quickly released to avoid an explosion. This is the smaller "exhaust funnel" directly above the tanks in the center of the ship. It's not actually for engine exhaust, but for "boil over gas" and only needed in an emergency. 

BTW, a lot has been written about the dangers of transporting LNG with some cities even banning LNG ships from their harbors. An accident on an LNG tanker could level a good portion of a city. You can read more here. 

 

Oh wow, so that exhaust is basically a massive pop-off valve. 

 

Hope they don't have the smoking zone near that. O.O

[crewsweeper]

On 4/15/2022 at 10:48 AM, John&LaLa said:

 

Harmony solves that problem quite nicely in my opinion

Unfortunately, the divers take over in the early morning and the not-swimming "swimmers" float around  afterward, so not really any opportunity for lap swimmers to use the sports pool.

[John&LaLa]

13 minutes ago, crewsweeper said:

Unfortunately, the divers take over in the early morning and the not-swimming "swimmers" float around  afterward, so not really any opportunity for lap swimmers to use the sports pool.

 

You must have bad luck. Other than 5 minutes of lifeguard drills, I had the pool to myself every moring I was out there

[crewsweeper]

3 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You must have bad luck. Other than 5 minutes of lifeguard drills, I had the pool to myself every moring I was out there

If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

[Nathan Graveson]

With Utopia. Are we looking at a clone of Wonder OTS with LNG instead or is she going to have any unique features? I know some of the features that are coming but I want to hear your opinions on what you would like to see onboard Utopia Of The Seas!!

 

[CroNich]

On 5/5/2022 at 6:20 AM, Nathan Graveson said:

With Utopia. Are we looking at a clone of Wonder OTS with LNG instead or is she going to have any unique features? I know some of the features that are coming but I want to hear your opinions on what you would like to see onboard Utopia Of The Seas!!

 

if you know already just tell us 

[crewsweeper]

My guess is that UOTS will be a clone of IOTS, both retaining some similar venues as WOTS, but new or other popular Oasis class things added.as well.  

[cantgetaname]

Any word on where UOTS will be sailing from?

[Biker19]

2 hours ago, cantgetaname said:

Any word on where UOTS will be sailing from?

Ask again in about a year+.

[Chiliburn]

On 5/6/2022 at 9:44 PM, crewsweeper said:

My guess is that UOTS will be a clone of IOTS, both retaining some similar venues as WOTS, but new or other popular Oasis class things added.as well.  

That’s interesting,a hybrid of oasis and Icon?

[Lloyd555]

Fairplay-34 in Gdyni, Poland, setting out for Nantes, France with what looks like Utopia of the Seas sections.

Waldemar Danielewicz

 

 

[theaviationbeat]

Photos from the Utopia of the Seas keel-laying ceremony at Saint-Nazaire. Also, a photo of some Utopia pieces:

 

Sources:

Pic 1: https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism/royal-caribbean-completes-keel-laying-for-utopia-of-the-seas

Pic 2: https://www.instagram.com/thecruiseshipwallysofficial/

Pic 3: https://twitter.com/LoyaltoRoyal_/status/1541146625384513536/photo/1

[DaniMSCRoyal_85]

On 4/8/2022 at 6:00 PM, Fairsky84 said:

A small but important detail from an image at the steel cutting ceremony. You can see the addition of an exhaust for the LNG tanks in the center of the ship. It's located on the bridge that connects the pool deck above Central Park. However, this exhaust will need to go all the way down to the LNG tanks in the bottom of the hull meaning Utopia's Central Park might be much smaller than on other Oasis-class ships or split into two sections. So, the large opening in the middle of the ship won't be the same on Utopia. This is part of the challenge of adding LNG to a ship that was not originally designed for it.
 

 

This here ship Icon of the seas an exhaust for the LNG tanks in the center of the ship:

 

Edited August 11, 2022 by DaniMSCRoyal_85

[DaniMSCRoyal_85]

More video:

 

 

[DaniMSCRoyal_85]

Last 3 months. Update new photos???

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by DaniMSCRoyal_85

[Lloyd555]

On 10/19/2022 at 4:18 AM, DaniMSCRoyal_85 said:

Last 3 months. Update new photos???

 

 

 

I'll check, but not likely. Hope that I'm wrong.

 

[wreckem2013]

Utopia is likely to do its inaugural season in Europe correct? Do we think it will still debut in late Spring 2024?

 

With Icon being unveiled and its sailing going to booking tomorrow, when do we think we will see summer 2024 Utopia bookings?

[TeeRick]

On 4/6/2022 at 1:02 PM, Biker19 said:

It's 10K total - passangers+crew.

That's about 7000 more bodies than I would like on any ship that I sail!

[Lloyd555]

The Utopia's LNG fuel tanks arrival in Saint-Nazaire, France on October 15, 2022.

📷Les clichés
 

 

 

 

Edited October 23, 2022 by Lloyd555

[taglovestocruise]

6 hours ago, TeeRick said:

That's about 7000 more bodies than I would like on any ship that I sail!

But far less crowded than many smaller Royal ships.

[RobInMN]

1 hour ago, taglovestocruise said:

But far less crowded than many smaller Royal ships.

Actually, no. According to cruise ship mapper, the capacity rankings of all Royal Caribbean ships are about the same, regardless of size. Yes, there are more passengers and more crew, but the ships themselves are just that much larger. 150,000/10000 is the same ratio as 75,000/5000.

Everything from Radiance & Voyager classes up to Oasis and Quantum Ultra are all about 34-36, and the older smaller ships are actually worse (25-32).

The site only shows max capacity (>100%) numbers, but using their formula, at minimum 100% capacity, Icon will actually have the highest rating (44) than any other RC class, Oasis (41), Voyager (38), 

 

[Ret MP]

On 5/4/2022 at 3:20 PM, Nathan Graveson said:

With Utopia. Are we looking at a clone of Wonder OTS with LNG instead or is she going to have any unique features? I know some of the features that are coming but I want to hear your opinions on what you would like to see onboard Utopia Of The Seas!!

 

They'll deliver a paper Compass every evening to each stateroom/suite.  😉

[TeeRick]

14 hours ago, taglovestocruise said:

But far less crowded than many smaller Royal ships.

Honestly I have never found Radiance class to feel very crowded.

[corthaus]

Any chance Utopia will have the telescoping funnels à la Oasis and Allure? I'd love to get a brand new ship up here in NYC, especially since Icon won't fit under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Oasis is nice post-refresh, but the aging rooms left a lot to be desired.